Automatic vehicular monorail system



Jan. 21, 1964 c. H. ZIMMERMAN 3,118,392

AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM 20 Sheets-Sheet 1 Fileq Sept. 21, 1959 INVENTOR CHARLES H. ZIMMERMAN ATTORNEYS Jan. 21, 1964 c. H. ZIMMERMAN 3,118,392

AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM Filed Sept. 21, 1959 20 Sheets-Sheet 2 v INVENTOR CHARLES H. ZIMMERMAN ATTORNEYS Jan. 21, 1964 c. H. ZIMMERMAN 3,118,392

AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM Filed Sept. 21, 1959 20 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR CHARLES H. ZIMMERMAN ATTORNEYS Jan. 21, 1964 c. H. ZIMMERMAN 3,118,392

AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM 20 Sheets-Sheet 4 Jan. 21, 1964 c. H. ZIMQMERMAN 3,118,392

AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM Filed Sept. 21, 1959 20 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. l2.

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AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR MONORAIL SYSTEM Filed Sept. 21, 1959 20 Sheets-Sheet 20 FIG. 32.

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1. AN OVERHEAD MONORAIL SYSTEM COMPRISING A MAIN MONORAIL TRACK ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A SELF-PROPELLED VEHICLE FOR MOVEMENT ALONG SAID MAIN MONORAIL TRACK AT A FIXED SYSTEM SPEED, A STATION ADJACENT SAID MAIN MONORAIL TRACK COMPRISING A SECOND MONORAIL TRACK HAVING ENDS INTERSECTING SAID MAIN MONORAIL TRACK AT SPACED POINTS THEREALONG, A STATION ENTRANCE SWITCH AT ONE OF SAID POINTS SELECTIVELY OPERABLE TO SWITCH SAID VEHICLE FROM SAID MAIN MONORAIL TRACK TO SAID SECOND MONORAIL TRACK, A STATION EXIT SWITCH AT THE OTHER OF SAID SPACED POINTS OPERABLE TO ALLOW A VEHICLE TO ENTER SAID MAIN MONORAIL TRACK FROM SAID SECOND MONORAIL TRACK, BRAKE MEANS OPERATING BETWEEN SAID SECOND MONORAIL TRACK AND SAID VEHICLE FOR DECELERATING SAID VEHICLE, AND MEANS ADJACENT SAID SECOND MONORAIL TRACK FOR MOVING A DECELERATED VEHICLE THROUGH AN UNLOADING POINT, A LOADING POINT TO AN ACCELERATION SECTION FOR RE-ENTRY ONTO SAID MAIN MONORAIL SYSTEM THROUGH SAID STATION EXIT SWITCH. 